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"Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, faced with the profound changes which our world is experiencing today, the European Union is duty bound to reform its generalised system of preferences.
Like all compromises, this is no exception. Although it is satisfactory from a strictly commercial point of view, it is far from perfect, because we must bear in mind that this regulation is aimed at developing countries.
By developing its new paradigm of differentiation, the Commission says that it wants to refocus its activities to help the poorest countries. At first sight, this seems to be completely acceptable to us.
However, in order to achieve this, the Commission has developed a strictly accounting approach that is based upon the sole criterion of GDP per capita. We can clearly see the limits of this approach. What about the numerous middle income developing countries whose economies are not very diversified and which are vulnerable to climatic uncertainties?
The compromise found with the Council does not resolve this issue and that is why I call upon my colleagues to vote in favour of the three amendments that will be tabled on this text."@en1
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